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  1. Laws and Politics - Firearms/Self Defense/Weapons
    So like me I'm sure everyone here wants to know word for word what goes on at the trial. I live in buffalo and I will volunteer to take off work (un-paid) to show up early to get a seat and report back to the hive. However I can't take a whole week unpaid so I would need help. Is there anyone...
  2. Laws and Politics - Firearms/Self Defense/Weapons
    I'd like the team to hammer home the fact that 1) "AWs" account for a fraction of a fraction of murders yearly 2) They are some of the most COMMONLY owned weapons in the country 3) Many guns can be made into an "AW" with a screwdriver and 15 minutes of spare time (to this point I'd like them to...
  3. Firearms in the News
    I'm going to say she only gets slap on the wrist, NY likes punishing its citizens not criminals. Trial nears in NY fire-gun case - post-journal.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Community Information - Jamestown | Post-Journal Trial nears in NY fire-gun case November 11, 2013 Associated Press...
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    I know a lot of you probably use amazon a lot, thought you might like to get in on this deal for a free prime trial. Prime Instant Video It gets you free 2 day shipping on most stuff, and free movie downloads, like netflix. You just have to make sure to cancel, or set your membership to not...
  5. Firearms in the News
    Marissa Alexander (aka Nessman), the woman imprisoned for firing a warning shot, is getting another chance. For extreme lulz, the article has the media once again referring to the white male Zimmerman. Florida woman jailed for firing 'warning shot' at husband wins new trial
  6. Laws and Politics - Firearms/Self Defense/Weapons
    Being retired, I was able to watch most of the trial live on CNN. There were a few aspects that folks who work for a living may not have caught, specifically as to how the prosecution tried to demonize the gun: 1. They made a big deal about the fact that the gun had no safety. That actually got...
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    "Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago," the nation's first African-American president said during a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room. $h!tty statement to make. As $h!tty as "if i had a son, he would look like trayvon" Obama: Trayvon 'could have been me' Obama...
  8. Firearms in the News
    http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/news/spooner-darius-simmons-shooting-trial-170359879.html "In a case that bears some striking similarities to George Zimmerman's, a 76-year-old Milwaukee man is set to stand trial this week in the 2012 shooting death a 13-year-old boy he had accused of stealing from...
  9. Laws and Politics - Firearms/Self Defense/Weapons
    This is the best information about the trial, watch it and pass it on, this is what SHOULD BE BEING REPORTED!!! This is the stuff the president, holder and of course the media don't want you to hear!
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    Black community needs more vocal people like him.
  11. Laws and Politics - Firearms/Self Defense/Weapons
    Hey folks, I just wanted to drop a note to let you know I'm covering the George Zimmerman trial down in Florida for one of the internet's largest legal blogs, Legal Insurrection. Some of you may know me as a lawyer with a practice specializing in the law of self defense, others as that guy who...
  12. Laws and Politics - Firearms/Self Defense/Weapons
    So now we know they have the right guys who did the bombing and it wasn't an FBI, CIA, ICE, ATF, Boston PD, or other law enforcement official, or some nefarious gov't plot to enslave us.
  13. Laws and Politics - Firearms/Self Defense/Weapons
    I recently came across a 2011 self defense case in which the prosecution, the defense, and the judge all got the law completely backwards on the reading of a brief and rather straightforward self defense statute. The result was that the defendant, who might well have been acquitted on the basis...
  14. Laws and Politics - Firearms/Self Defense/Weapons
    President Barack Obama has the legal authority to unleash deadly force-such as drone strikes-against Americans on U.S. soil without first putting them on trial, Attorney General Eric Holder wrote in a letter released Tuesday. Holder: Yep, Obama could kill Americans on U.S. soil | The Ticket -...
  15. Laws and Politics - Firearms/Self Defense/Weapons
    Play the role of the attorney fighting for NYS civil rights. What sort of questions would you ask him that you believe would shred him on the stand? I can think of a few obvious ones... (1) If "taking away guns" wasn't the original intent of your SAFE Act, then how do you explain the dozen or...
  16. Laws and Politics - Firearms/Self Defense/Weapons
    Been thinking this since day one, our ****astic law is probably nothing more than a trial run at what Berry O can get away with on a national level. He want to see what peoples reaction are, what court arguments are filed and what the courts say. They he can have his people craft laws based on...
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    Finally that day is here!He is guilty as hell but if the jury is impartial hes got a good shot at walking.But i think they would arrest him as he walked out of the court hose for the Lacey Peterson murder.We had a case here (Tioga County) that there was no body ever found and hes in jail now for...
  18. Firearms in the News
    Here's a url, can't figure out how to make it a link, to a prosecution (or maybe a persecution...) of a guy in syracuse who shot a robber with the robbers gun in syracuse. I think the issue is "... prosecutors say Peterson then shot Bean in the back of the head as he lay face down on the...
  19. Firearms in the News
    In short NY laws suck, why is it that no one takes on the state? Widow sues homeowner in husband's death - City & Region - The Buffalo News Wish I had the cash to do so.
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    Campaign finance on trial, again The Republican National Committee's decision to file suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the constitutionality of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, is a clear signal that it is concerned about its ability to raise money under...
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